. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. horse-power per hour. AN EXTRAORDINARY BOILER.—During the Great Boiler Contest at Birmingham, in1S72, all Boilers were severely tested to prove their respectivemerits. One test was, How long can each Boiler go withoutNight Attention ? However, one Boiler proved this to a sur-prising degree, as after being shut up for twelve hours (from9 to 9 ), it still retained its heat in 1000 feet of 4-inchpipes, and yet had more than i bushel of fire drawn from itsfurnace in the morning—equal, in point o


. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. horse-power per hour. AN EXTRAORDINARY BOILER.—During the Great Boiler Contest at Birmingham, in1S72, all Boilers were severely tested to prove their respectivemerits. One test was, How long can each Boiler go withoutNight Attention ? However, one Boiler proved this to a sur-prising degree, as after being shut up for twelve hours (from9 to 9 ), it still retained its heat in 1000 feet of 4-inchpipes, and yet had more than i bushel of fire drawn from itsfurnace in the morning—equal, in point of fact, to seventeenhours of continuous firing. What a boon to Gardeners. Thiswas THE CHAMPION, Deards Patent Close-Coil Boiler, forDrawings and Prices of which send two stamps to Messrs. DEARDS, Boiler Works. Harlow,who now have iheir Boilers at work in every county of Englitude.\cept three. Amateurs will also find THE WONDER, asmaller kind of Boiler, equally as satisfactory, and certainly the best thing out. Awarded five First Prize Silver Medals. STEVENS TRENTHAM GREENHOUSE BOILER,. After long experience, has proved the most SIMPLE,ECONOMICAL, EFFECTUAL, and LASllNG UOILERextant ; recently improved. For Illustrations, with full par-ticulars, apply to the Sole Makers. P. & J. SILVESTER. HOT-WATER ENGINEERS. &c., & Hill Works. Newcastle. Staffordshire, 1^ Our Boilers are the onlv ones made with the sanctionand under the inspection of the inventor, Mr. Stevens—allothers being base imitations. TEBBS UNIVERSAL FUMIGATOR, For Greenhouses, Conservatories,Ferneries. Frames, Poultry Houses,Infirmaries, Ships, Bed-rooms. S:c. En-tirely supersedes the use of p.^ts for thepurpose. Price 31., large sl/e ,^. each,packing extra. Wholesale and Retail ofFLANAGAN an[j SON, Seedsmen, 98,Cheapside, London. ; and Wholesaleof CORRY AND SOPER, Shad Thames,London, , ROSSER*RUSSELL toRTlCULTURALrK|p|lk|rrQC\/ENTlUTlNCtf- Warmiwc lIiuIINLLIVO Sanitary


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